These are some of the things that we know and trust about Jesus that make Him worth following!

Some Other Teachings that Coventry Believes and Follows

1. Coventry is founded upon the faith that there is but one God, who is a personal God, who in holy love creates, sustains, and orders all.

2. Coventry confesses Jesus Christ as the Lord of the church and of all life.

3. Coventry believes that the Holy Spirit:

is at work in the hearts and minds of believers

creates and sustains the church through the gospel

gives guidance and comfort

unites believers with their Lord and with one another

4. Coventry maintains that the Bible:

is God’s inspired and inerrant (original copies) message to the world

is correctly interpreted through the gospel of Jesus and the teachings of the New Testament

reveals God’s search for all persons, which is incredibly highlighted through Jesus' birth, life, death and resurrection

contains God's message that still speaks and continues to accomplish His redemptive purposes

5. Coventry believes that the gospel (good news) is:

that God became a man, named Jesus

that Jesus died on a cross to pay the debt for human sin

that Jesus came back to life on the third day conquering death

Through the gospel, God’s overarching plan and Jesus’ freeing work are made available to all.

6. Coventry holds that the church is the body of Jesus Christ, and is under the Lord’s mandate to be faithful in accepting and transmitting the gospel by word and deed both locally and globally, while nurturing the life and Christian faith of each individual Believer.

7. Coventry considers that the total ministry of the church requires the full participation and support of all members of the congregation.

8. Coventry affirms that:

God has created the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood or adoption.

Biblical marriage is defined as the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God’s image.

Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God’s pattern for marriage.

9. Coventry affirms that:

God’s plan is for sexual intimacy to occur within the committed relationship of biblical marriage– one man, and one woman, for life.

All other sexual practices outside this definition of marriage are defined as sin in the Bible. Sexual sin is not, however, unforgivable sin.

The same forgiveness is available to all sinners. The Bible states that we all have sinned and can become new creations in Jesus Christ.